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This is the month to
raise our voices to councillors
about the need for
full funding of the city’s climate action plan
. We need you!
Please come out to one of our advocacy training sessions
and/or write, email, or call your councillor to urge full funding of the TransformTO 2018 budget.
NOVEMBER 15 TH ADVOCACY TRAINING – TRANSFORMTO SCARBOROUGH: 6:30 PM 3600 Kingston Rd. (entrance on Markham)
Presenters: Dusha Sritharan, Toronto Environmental Alliance will present on TransformTO. Cheryl McNamara, Citizens Climate Lobby on letter writing, Sharon Howarth, and Rosemary Boissonneau will present on lobbying and you will have the opportunity to work on a deputation. Lobbying will take place November – January 2018. Budget deputations will take place Jan 8, 9, and 10, 2018. Workshop is co-sponsored by Toronto Environmental Alliance, Alliance for a Just Toronto and Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL).
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MONDAY NOVEMBER 20
TH
ADVOCACY TRAINING
TRANSFORMTO - ETOBICOKE –
Ken Cox Community Centre, 28 Colonel Samuel Smith Park and the time: 7pm to 9pm.
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If you can’t come to the advocacy training and you want a copy of the model letter to send to your councillor please email: rosemary@climatefast.ca You can write directly to your councillor: (councillor_(name)@toronto.ca) Please cc Mayor_tory@toronto.ca and bcc carbonfreeTO@climatefast.ca
We are aiming for 2000 signatures on our budget petition . If you can circulate our petition to gather more names, please email volunteer@climatefast.ca and we will send you the file.
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SEA OF LIFE - AWARD WINNING FILM BY TORONTO FILM-MAKER JULIA BARNES
November 16, 2017 -Etobicoke – 6:30pm to 9:00pm – Humber College Lakeshore Campus, 19 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive, Toronto with Julia Barnes (all screenings) – Get Tickets
November 22, 2017 – Scarborough – 6:30pm to 9:00pm -Scarborough Village Recreation Centre, 3600 Kingston Rd, Toronto – with special guest Linda Swanston, TransformTO – Get Tickets
November 30, 2017 – North York – 6:30pm to 9:00pm – Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford Drive, Toronto – special guest Alanna Mitchell, author, Seasick - Get Tickets